The economic evaluation of a health screening program on congenital heart disease for school children in Taichung, Taiwan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-316

  Chen, Fong Lin ^a,b   Pai, Jar Yuan ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activity based costing method; Congenital heart disease; Economic evaluation; Hand carried ultrasound devices; Mass health screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 51849133752     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539508322248     Document Type: Article

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